How We live, what we spout
Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
This is a country which, for all its Catholic beliefs, Catholic upbringing, Catholic festas and relatively high church attendance, still manages to fare quite badly, as far as statistics which reveal our true morals are concerned. ...
A Tribute to entrepreneurship
Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A tribute is due to Winston Zahra Jr for not mincing his words about the poor performance of the Tourism Minister and the Head of the MTA, who keep acting as if all is well and in order when, in fact, our bread and ...
Late Afterthoughts
Saturday, 24 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
The government’s lack of initiative in dealing with environmental issues has been a matter of growing public concern. ...
Human Rights – a new beginning?
Friday, 23 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This week I attended the first meeting of the newly-formed UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva....
Friday Wisdom: Those holidays again
Friday, 23 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Half measures lead to convoluted results. And this is exactly what is happening with the public holidays issue that has been brought to the surface by the ILO ruling....
Resisting Change will not help us survive
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Some months ago, I read a supremely instructive book: Bloody Foreigners – the story of immigration to Britain, by Robert Winder. ...
Is Democracy at stake?
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
The notion of democracy may be a familiar word to most. A word that is used frequently by politicians to ascertain their subscription to the legitimacy of power....
Who Will carry political responsibility?
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Since the whole issue regarding the alleged distribution of copied CDs during an activity organised for the Foreign Minister’s supporters is likely to prove that the distribution of the items in question was not made for financial gain....
Increasing SME Consultation: The case of the Services Directive
Monday, 19 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It was exactly three weeks ago today, on Monday 29 May, that the European Council of Ministers for Competitiveness agreed on a compromise text of a directive on services in the internal market....
Why Women don’t find working worthwhile
Monday, 19 June 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A forum on lone parents held last week was about as much about Maltese women in general, as it was about the often-misnamed single or lone parents. ...